11/11/11 - A Day For Geeks and Veterans

Published 2:58 am, Friday, November 11, 2011

For all you geeks out there, today is the day to rejoice. Once again, it’s another day of numbers: 11/11/11.

While we have Mario Day (3/10), Pi Day (3/14), and (more recently) Mole Day (10/23), days like today don’t happen every year.

So, what’s so unique about today? If you’re just observing the numbers, nothing really. The only thing worth noting is that the numbers for the date are all the same. If you are a veteran, though, I wish you a happy Veteran’s Day and a happy 11/11/11.

And, if you’re really hardcore, set your watch alarm to go off at 11:11:11 a.m. or p.m. Now THIS is the ultimate moment of nerdiness. If you somehow feed the need to celebrate this day somehow, buy 11 of something, or spend a total of $11.11 at a business. Good luck doing that, because it won’t be easy to pull off.

Or, that $11.11 could be donated to a veterans fund. To go beyond that, you could donate $121 (or $1.21) to that fund. That’s eleven elevens for those who are wondering.

To reconcile the two days, veterans could march in 11 groups of 11 and do an 11 gun salute for 11 seconds. And this, of course, would be done 11 times. One time for each group. Ridiculous? Yes, but it’s in observance of two different days occurring on the same day.

So whether you observe this day one time or 11 times, it’s up to you. The last hurrah, 12/12/12, will be in a year and a day. In the meantime, I will be waiting for my watch to strike 11:11:11, because a day like this only happens once a century.